The U.S. Department of Justice has ratcheted up its pressure campaign on California election officials to ferret out alleged voter fraud ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election, demanding that officials statewide prove the U.S. citizenship of thousands of voters flagged by the federal government as potential noncitizens, or withhold or set aside ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with how far a law Congress passed to cover video rentals in the 1980s should stretch to cover the modern advertising-supported internet.

The case turns on the justices’ interpretation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, first passed in 1988 and last amended in 2013, and the protection ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will send a “disease detective” to Pennsylvania this week to help address an ongoing measles outbreak that has now sickened more than 1,200 people across the state, an HHS official said.

The state requested the assistance of the CDC’s Epi-Aid program, part of the Epidemic ...Read more

The UK’s Princess Anne has edged past Prince William and Kate Middleton, to become the most popular British royal, according to new royal approval ratings in the U.K.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are usually perched atop the favorite royals list in the periodic poll taken by the respected YouGov Ratings agency. But for the third quarter ...Read more

In the days before Haitian President Jovenel Moise was gunned down inside his second-floor bedroom, tensions were mounting in South Florida among the men involved in the plot to overthrow him.

Investors were pulling out, leaving the group short of cash. Thousands of dollars for a hotel bill in Port-au-Prince was going unpaid, as were the ...Read more

Sean “Diddy” Combs got a beatdown from a fellow inmate, who is also a notorious Jamaican drug lord, resulting in the head injury that landed him in the hospital over the weekend, according to multiple media reports.

The disgraced music mogul was involved in a fight with Christopher Coke, a kingpin also known as “Dudus,” on Friday at ...Read more

Across California’s Central Valley, a reported surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that began last week has disrupted agricultural communities, sparked confrontations and left families scrambling to locate detained relatives.

In the city of Kerman, Mayor Maria Pacheco confronted ICE agents last Thursday as they detained ...Read more

The Trump administration has removed Jorge Rodríguez, the brother of Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez and one of the country’s most powerful political figures, from a U.S. Treasury Department sanctions list, further intensifying an already controversial relationship between Washington and the Venezuelan government that ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gray wolves throughout the U.S. should no longer be considered endangered, lawyers for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday, as oral arguments began in three cases that could significantly weaken protections for the predator canines.

The cases before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals grew out of...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin advocated for a temporary pause on data center developments during a Tuesday interview and said the public disagreed with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's embrace of the artificial intelligence projects.

The Michigan Democrat also said leaders of AI companies were "weirdos" saying things about the ...Read more

LONDON — Prime Minister Andy Burnham reinforced the United Kingdom's support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on Kyiv and Russia hit the country’s energy plants with a fresh wave of missile and drone attacks.

“The last few days, the last few hours, have been very dark and ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice has ratcheted up its pressure campaign on California election officials to ferret out alleged voter fraud ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election, demanding that officials statewide prove the U.S. citizenship of voters flagged by the federal government as potential noncitizens, or withhold or set aside their ballots. ...Read more

BOSTON — Lamar Cook, Gov. Maura Healey’s former deputy director for Western Massachusetts accused of drug trafficking out of state buildings, has been charged with SNAP benefits fraud by federal investigators.

US Attorney Leah Foley’s office announced Wednesday morning that Cook was being charged with one count of SNAP fraud and wire ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump is losing ground in Minnesota, where a new Star Tribune/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll finds mounting disapproval of his presidency amid frustration over the economy and the war in Iran.

Nearly six in 10 likely voters — 58% — disapprove of Trump’s job performance, up from 56% in June and 54% a year ago. The ...Read more

Iran is battling a surge in attacks by separatist militants in its southeast, compounding the country’s security challenges while it’s on alert amid U.S. threats of renewed airstrikes.

At least eight members of Iran’s security forces have been killed in the past three weeks in the Sistan and Baluchestan province, according to state media....Read more

Ukraine is seeking answers from the U.S. and NATO allies about a sudden restriction of SpaceX’s Starlink service for military use after a wave of Russian missile and drone attacks on energy plants.

SpaceX limited terminal connections that complicated Ukrainian drone interceptions and mid-range strikes, according to a person familiar with the ...Read more

DENVER — An aspen tree fell across power lines around dawn on June 29, sending sparks flying and igniting the Aspen Acres fire, which grew into the seventh-largest wildfire in Colorado history and destroyed hundreds of homes, investigators concluded in a new report.

The tree, blown down by 45 mph winds, stretched across the power lines, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — What’s it like to vacation with Pope Leo XIV?

Just ask the Rev. Arthur Purcaro, assistant vice president for mission and ministry at Villanova University. He has done it twice at the pope’s summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, a scenic hilltop town southeast of Rome.

“Boring,” he kidded.

The day started with a private...Read more